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Pacific Business News

A U.S. District Court of Hawaii judge has ruled that Oahu’s rail-transit project will impact fewer than 10 recreational and historic sites, not the more than 40 locations cited by plaintiffs in a lawsuit.

Tashima ruled that the plaintiffs have no case when they claim the elevated rail system would impact the Pacific War Memorial Site, Piers 10 and 11, the Makalapa Navy Housing Historic District, the Keehi Lagoon Park and other sites, according to the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation, which oversees construction of the system.

The city will try to get the remaining claims in the lawsuit dismissed in court on Aug. 21, HART officials said.

The plaintiffs noted in a statement that the Chinatown, Aloha Tower, Dillingham Transportation Building and other sites "remain in play."

"The fact that they won on peripheral sites such as the Hawaii Employers Council building and the Makalapa Navy Housing Historic District, has little impact on our core claim, to wit, the [City and County of Honolulu and the Federal Transit Administration] did not rigorously study transportation alternatives that avoid severely impacting the city’s downtown historic waterfront area," they said.

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